Interesting that you mention those, Mitch, as I have a co-worker that owned a Sky hardtop coupe, very rare. I’ve looked at these before, and as Grant suggested with the R170s, I can’t comfortably fit in one.
And they are not about to hit bottom, in fact, their values are still quite good - I look at them on occasion for fun. They have a very strong following from what I can see. The R129 isn’t that easy for someone over 6’ to fit in. There’s plenty of headroom, but the gyrations of getting in and out are difficult, just ask me about it. I really detest the wife’s car for just that reason - it’s a real PITA for me to get in and out of, and that’s even with the door swung fully open. When I was having problems with my left leg it was excruciatingly painful to get in and out of the thing. I may have a “bargain” SLK 320 on the radar I’m going to look at next week. Could end up being a beater, but it’s not far away and it has some nice things that increase the value that the seller is not aware of. We’ll see. -D > On Sep 16, 2020, at 1:57 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > When you're done improving it, stick a SLS badge and a six digit price tag on > it. > Or if you don't want to go that far, you can call it an R129. > The R170 was for those who wanted something smaller than those. > Hmm, I wonder how good the Solstice and Sky are? They're probably about ready > to hit bottom on the price vs condition scale, if they aren't already going > up. > Mitch. > > On 2020-09-16 13:45, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: >> It is really too bad Mercedes made it a car for midgets instead of life >> size folks 6 ft and up. >> Expand the wheelbase another 20 inches and widen the body to keep >> proportional aspect proper. >> Widening and adding length would make room for a nice V8 and competitive >> with Porsche and Corvette, and others. But, instead, they chose to make a >> roller skate car... > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
